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Show 9» pndv dh tes Concernine Concerning Cider: putting in her finger at thetop, fhe brake the premention’d film ; which done, a good part of the Mead immediately flying out, left the refiduein peace, and the leakage ceafed. {t may feem incredible that fo thin a skin fhould be more coercive to a mutinous Liquor, than a Barrel with Oaken-Ribs, and ftubborn Hoops: But Iam fo well affur'd ofthe veritablenefs of my Neighbours Relation, that I dare not queftion it: The reafon ofit let wifer men determine. 4. If the Apples be abortive, having been (as it ufually happens) fhaken down before the time by a violent Wind, itis obferv'd to be fo indifpenfably neceflary that they lie together in hoard, at leaft till the ufual time of their maturity, thae the Céder other- wife is eldom,or never found worth the drinking. A Neighbourtold me, That making’ a quantity of Cider with Wind-falls which he let ripen in the Hoard, near a monthinterceding betweenthe time of their decuffion, and that which Nature intended for their maturity; his Cider prov'd very good, whenall his Neighbours who made up their untimely fruit affoon Half a peck of unground Wheat put to Cider that isharfh and eager, will renew its fermentation, and render it more mild and gentle, Sometimes it happens without the ufe of any fuch means tochange with the feafon, and becomesof harp and four unexpectedly benigne and pleafant. Two orthree Eggs whole put into an Hogshead of Cider that is become fharp and near of kin to /wegar,fometimes rarely lenifics and gentilizesit. One pound of broad-figs flit, isfaid to dulcifie an Hogshead of fuch Cider. A Neighbour Divize, of my acquaintance, affured me, That coming into a Parforage-houfe in Devonfaire, where he foundele- ven Hogsheads of Cider; being unwilling to fell what he never bought, he was three years in {pending that {tore which. the former Iacumbent had left him 5 and it greatly amus’d him (as. well it might, if he remember'd the old Proverb, He mends as four Ale in Summer) to find the fame Cider, which in Winter was almoft asfharp as Vinegar, in the Summer becomea potable and good- natur’d Liquor. asit fell, had a crude, auftere, indigefted Liquor, not worth the No Liquor is obferv’d to be more eafily affe@ed with the favour ofthe Vefel it is put into, than Cider 3 therefore fiagular care is taken by difcreet Cider-Adafters, That the Vefel be not onlytaffelefs, but alfo well prepar’d for the Liquor theyintend to fillit with. If itbe a new Cask, they prepare it by {calding it with Water, wherein a good quantity of Apple-pomice hath beenboil’d : if a tainted Cask, they have divers ways of cleanfing it. Some boil an Once of Pepper in fo much Water as will fillan Hogfhead, which they let ftand ina Vefiel of that capacity two or three days, and then wath it with a convenient quantity of frefh Water fcalding hot, whichthey fay is an undoubtedcure for the moft dangeroufly infected Vefel, A Friend and Neighbour of mine herewith cured a Veflel of { extream ill favour, as it was thought it would little lefs than poyfon any Liquorthat was put into it. Others have a more eafie, and perhapsno lefs effectual Remedy, They take two or three ftones of quick-Lime, which in fix or feven Gallons of Water they fet on workin the Hogshead being clofe {topt, and tumbling it up and down till the commotion ceafe, itdoth the feat. Of Veflels that have been formerly ufed, next to that which hath been already acquainted with Cider, a White-Wine, or Vinegar Caskis efteem’d the beft; Claret or Sack not fo good. A Barrel newlytenanted by {mall Beer fuits better with Cider than a ftrong-Beer Vefiel. 6. Half Cider, 6. 7° name ofCider, 5. Cider Alittle quantity of 4&/tard will clear an Hogshead of muddy Cider, The fame Virtue is afcribed to two or three rotten Apples putinto it, Aésstard made with Sack preferves baild Cider, and spirits it egregioufly. 8. Cider is found to ferment much better i, mild; and moift, than incold and dry weather. Every ones Experience hath taught him fo much inthe late frofty feafon. If it had not wrought before,yit, was in vain to expect its working or clearing then, uolefs by.fomeof the artificial means premention’d, which allo could not be made ufe of in a more inconvenient time. The latter running of the Cider bottled immediately from the Wring, is by fome'elteem'da pure, clear, fmall, well relifhe Liquor; but fo much undervalued by them.who defire {trong drinks more than wholefome, that they will not fuffer it to incori: porate with the firft running. In Devonfhire where their Wrings are fo hugely great, met an Hogshead or two runs out commonlybefore the Apples fuffer any confiderable preflure; they value this beforethe ashes, muah after |